Earth-Friendly Nursery Ideas for a Baby Girl

Decorating your nursery for a baby girl in an Earth friendly way is a great way to bring a young one into your home. Get Earth friendly nursery ideas for a baby girl with help from a real estate personality, broker, writer, speaker and video blogger in this free video clip.

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Hey, it's Herman from HabitatForHermanity.com, everyone's favorite real estate and design video blog. Alright, question from a viewer today; "I've got a baby girl and I need to know how to do a earth friendly design for her nursery?" Now, I may don't have kids, but that's not going to stop me from giving you some friendly advice. Alright, first and foremost is try to use some recycled or reclaimed furniture. Now, if you get something that's second hand, be sure to wipe it down with a non-toxic cleaner. And try to avoid things with led-based paint or things that have recondenses on them. Also, try your best to stick with sustainable materials like bamboo or eucalyptus. Now, speaking of paint, a lot of paint have chemicals and toxins in there which are bad for the environment and bad for your baby girl. So, try to pick a paint that has low VOC. You're like, what the VOC? VOC stands for Volatile Organic Compounds and all you need to know is that they're nasty. So avoid. Alright, last but not least is choose organic bedding and linens for your baby. A lot of linens nowadays have toxins and dyes which may irritate your baby's skin, which is not a good thing. Alright. Well, those are my tips on how to decorate your baby girl's nursery in an eco-friendly manner. Alright, have fun!